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European Journal of Political Research is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 8.2), ABDC A, WoS SSCI, DOAJ. Published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
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ISSN 0304-4130Verify ISSN ↗1475-6765Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sociology and Political Science | 60 / 1530 | 96th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1973–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 8.2.
European Journal of Political Research is Q1 in Sociology and Political Science (rank 60 of 1530), by CiteScore 2025.
European Journal of Political Research is indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 8.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 96th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 3.432, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 133.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,550 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
European Journal of Political Research is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. Its print ISSN is 0304-4130 and its online ISSN is 1475-6765.
Yes — indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Other commerce, management, tourism and services.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
European Journal of Political Research has an h-index of 181 and a 2-year mean of 3.67 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 8.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #74 of 1,478 Scopus journals in Sociology and Political Science.
European Journal of Political Research published 89 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 103. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from Germany (16.5%), United Kingdom (14.3%) and Netherlands (8.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.5 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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